Caulfield Cup Day - Review

Posted under: Horsetorque Australia
Tagged: Reviews

How do you rate 113/122 and not win a Caulfield Cup


We got off to a flyer with $2.7 rated Gold Miner GETAFIX winning after another Magic Man peach. My Comment " he got out to 1400m 2 back and caught the eye with +17 and followed that with 2nd  rating 92/92 both against the older horses. Back to own age and the Magic Man jumps on. He is the Gold Miner at $4.20." He was $6 into $4.80 late after money came for the bad value SUGAR COAT:. Nothing better than a value winner even better when you avoid the Fav. 100/97 was a new peak for the winner. 97/97 was a new peak for Supernima but a nice example of what I have been writing about in that his SR 84 on debut was a raw 93 so the 97 isnt such a surprise, his Xr was 9 better than the ...


Unique Insight's

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Tagged: Highlights

There is no other form provider supplying the depth of data we do, we have traditional  Weight Ratings and Speed ratings which tell us who is running times faster than average for their class, once they get to town we get a sectional rating, where a horses last 400m is taken into account creating an artificial time that can be used to create a rating. If the Sectional Rating (XR) is higher than the Speed Rating (SR) we know the horse was strong through the line, if it is lower we know it came home slower than it went out. Not such a concern with leaders but for horses rising in trip its vital information. We also have a TOF (Turn of Foot0  rating which is a numerical indication of how many lengths  faster or slower. Runners with +6 and greater have been strong through the line. We have only had this feature for 18 months or so now and I ...